St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-08
81 votes,

This was all they could count on with
anv certainty in "A convention of 81 de-
( lpgates. Without c"ntests in some OF
/ the parishes, this would leave them in "A
/ helpless minority and the necessity for
! contest in Nichols parishes became ap
parent. During the earlier part of the
! wear they counted- ON Acadia hnt that
was practically abandoned after the
| mass meeting at Crowley. July IS |, and
! in the Florida parishes. ST. Tannny p8-
| cpptrd. they had 10 reasonable hope of
! success.
! To get mp contests in St. Landry and
! Avnyeles hecame necessary tn give
! them control of the preliminary nrgani-
committee to- work within ST. Landry
and in the court house removal question
and Kahn atfiir they fonnd abundant
material for their purpose in Avoy-llps
So faras St. Landry ia concerned the
open hoast of the Estilette men. that
they W0nld he seated and the offer tn
Law wagprs upon ii serves to show that
they were in communication with the
MrEnery men else where. That the
Thorpe and EStilette men received M
suranc-s nf this snnpnrt also We think
unnu-sti0nahle. These contests rlimi-
mated 10 votes from the prelim nary or
ganization, leaving 80 votes. out Of
which the McEn-ry mtn had 81 IA W.
have above stated and which gave them
aba0lnte control of the convention. To
have adopted the majority report in the
Avnvrllps' caee would have given them
only 8 votes more, making "a still not
enough to control the whole convention.
II VAS necessary TO seat the entire
, Thorpe delegation tn give them majn-
rity, and after doing this they might
have seated ynnr delegation with impu-
nifty, rs IN that event they weuld have
q votes in the convention, clear ma
inrity of g. But this would not have
filed out entirely the programme. They
not only intended to make it McEneru
triumph, hut they intended to give full
pave the way for its admission into the
State nominating convention.
A. there may he few Democrats in
this parish not yet fully posted abont
the committee of individuals pretend
ing 10 represent them and the pretend
ed mass meeting at Grand Coteau sta
ton, WE will for their information and
for the benefit nf the public. add q few
explanatory words.
Though they claimed at their last
committee meeting to- have had present
from every ward in the
parish, yet the names ut these reprpsen-
tativps were withheld from the publish
ed proceedings; and though publicly
stated it has not been denied, that per-
Hons from only two of the wards, ex-
cept the first, were personally present
on that day. The names Of the persons
this self constituted body
are know only to- itself 1t is q mystic
riOus and unknown quantity. To come
ont into the broad light of day before
You and expose the names of the indi-
vidnals who represent you from your |
various wards. wOuld at once have Civ |
en- you opportunity to expose and de- |
nOunce the hasrlessnpss of the claim, |
Of the original IS members Of the com |
mittee, IS had expressly repuliated |
Judge Estilette's authority TO keep it in
and the present pretended |
committee has been manufactured and
filleh in as OCCASION demanded.
IA to the mass meeting, we have been
informed 10y vari0ns persons that
arRe portion of those who attended
we're induced tn do so by assiduous
drumming and persnnal Importantly, as
we'll as In vitati0ns to u free ride upon
he cars, to free liquors and barbecue
lpdn the grounds.
The affair must have involved the ex.
oentiiture of very Considerable sum of
money. From what snarce the funds
anne. we are not able to inform you.
We have heard of no public suhscrip.
ION Hat for funds being in circulatinn,
the giving of politi-
al barbecue with such expensive con-
'omitants Ought to be matter Of pub